The basic tenets of international space law are laid out in ten treaties and “soft law” agreements between multiple countries. For example, the Outer Space Treaty (1967) says that space should be ...
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Marlon Sorge of The Aerospace Corporation, which researches space debris issues including who is responsible when man-made objects fall from space.
For example, the Outer Space Treaty (1967) says that space should be“free for exploration and use by all states”, and is“not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty”.